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Trenton, N.J.—June 24, 2021—The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities today approved changes to the Universal Service Fund (USF) program to provide relief to more New Jerseyans who have been unable to pay their gas or electric bills due to circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

USF provides monthly credits to utility bills, making electric and natural gas services ...

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Hamilton Township Planning Board recently postponed a hearing on a proposed 64,417 square foot warehouse that would be located on Kuser Road. Currently, the property is zoned "RD."  In order for the warehouse to be built, the Planning Board would need to approve several plan variances including waivers for front yard buffer and landscape ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- Robbinsville Township Council adopted the annual municipal budget at its Thursday night meeting.  The annual budget of $25.9 million represented a steady tax rate for 2021 at 51.8 cents per $100 of assessed value (also 51.8 in 2019 and 2020), with the average assessed home in Robbinsville valued at $378,500. 

This is the ninth consecutive year that the ...

HAMILTON, NJ – Hamilton Township Mayor Jeff Martin has announced a trio of proposed ordinances to regulate the retail sale and cultivation of marijuana within the town. Under Martin's proposals which will be presented to the Township Council at its meeting on June 15, cannabis retail locations will be banned in Hamilton, while a maximum of two cultivation facilities will ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – Robbinsville Mayor David Fried announced on Thursday that he will be seeking the support of the Township Council in preserving the "Wittenborn property" located at 824 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, near the border with Allentown Borough and Monmouth County. Fried said the approximately 15-acre parcel should be preserved to prevent further ...

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Hamilton Township Planning Board will hear an application for a proposed 64,417 square foot warehouse that would be located on Kuser Road. The property is currently zoned "RD" but would need the Board to approve the plan with a variance to allow for a warehouse to be constructed. This would include waivers for front yard buffer and landscape ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- The roads in Hamilton's Cornell Heights neighborhood may be a bit quieter now that the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has authorized the Township to establish restrictions on commercial vehicles in the area.  

In September 2019, the Township asked NJDOT to investigate limiting commercial vehicle traffic in Cornell Heights as weight ...

HAMILTON - ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- After almost 15 months of holding their meetings remotely, the Hamilton and Robbinsville Township Councils, as well as the Mercer County Board of Commissioners, are back to business as usual in-person. The three governing bodies have been holding their meetings remotely to protect the public and their members from the spread of COVID-19.

Hamilton ...

TRENTON, NJ  – A bill by Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo (D-Mercer/Middlesex) to expand the rights of college students who are called to fulfill their military obligations in the middle of a school year has passed the State Legislature and is now awaiting action by the governor. 

Current state law only provides students with certain educational rights if they are unable to ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- After approximately 14 months serving the public remotely or through limited appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hamilton Township municipal offices will be reopening to the public on Tuesday, June 1.  Mayor Jeff Martin announced on Tuesday that municipal will be back to pre-COVID operations with a few exemptions

Martin said that masks will not be required at ...